KILIAN DOYLE, MARY MINIHAN and STEVEN CARROLL
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said this afternoon that Ireland’s comprehensive Yes vote on the EU fiscal treaty has sent a powerful signal around the world that the country was serious about overcoming its economic challenges.
The ballot boxes were opened at 9am today at count centres in all 43 constituencies.
Final results show 60.3 per cent voted Yes, while 39.7 per cent voted No, when spoiled or invalid votes are excluded. Turnout was 50.6 per cent.
Electorate: 3,144,828
Total poll: 1,591,385
Turnout: 50.6 per cent
Invalid Votes: 7,206
Valid poll: 1,584,173
Yes Vote: 955,091
No Vote: 629, 088
Majority: 326,003
Just five of the 43 constituencies voted against the treaty. Full constituency-by-constituency results are available here.
(via The Irish Times; rest of article can be found here.)
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Micheál Martin speaking on the result of the referendum on the stability treaty.
A girl I was in the same class with up until the Junior Cert just announced her pregnancy there on Facebook. First person I went to school with to have a baby.
It’s official: I’m old.
this is where I finally begin to understand people complaining about barrages of baby pictures on Facebook, isn’t it?
Will you survive a Puppy Apocalypse?
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One day, Thomas Edison was work on Lightbulb transformation.
“I will transform the bulb!” Edison say, and suddenly, lightbulb makes transform into Transformer Robot!
“Hello there,” Robot say, “I am Optimum Prime.”
“Hooray” Edison say, “I have make the Lightbulb Warrior!”
Meanwhile, Einstein was busy constructing on his nuclear rocket physics theory.
“Is good to make theory,” Einstein say, when suddenly, his papers turn into another Transformer Robot!
“Greetings you,” Robot say, “I am Megatron. Optimum Prime is enemy and we must go and make fightings!”
And so both the robots danubed outside.
“Optimum Prime where you go?” Edison yell as he follow his Robot out onto street.
“Nooo Megatron!” Einstein yell annoy, “You are great Science Invention and you cannot leave now!”
But Megatron and Optimum Prime were too busy making fights on the streets to hear Scientists!
“Listen at me!” Edison yell, “You cannot make fightings! Lightbulb is good invention and you may it destroy!”
But robots only continued fightings.
But suddenly, while the fighting, Optimum Prime accidently presses ‘Nuclear Missle Button’ on Megatron.
“OH NO!” Megatron yell, “WHAT HAVE YOU DO! EARTH WILL BE DESTROY!”
“OHHHH NOOOO!” Thomas Edison yell.
And nukes came out of Megatron and blew up all of the city. The Nukes then started drilling into the center of the Earth!
“It’s good to destory the Earth’s fire core,” say Nuke, as it explode and all of Earth turns to dust.
What?! There weren’t any in the polling station that I saw! Ugh, this county is so damn infuriating sometimes…
Okay, I looked up to the heavens, announced that I wished to hear the Lord’s thoughts on the stability treaty, and opened up at random that bible we found in the school library that one time:
I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service.
…
Sounds like He’s advocating a Yes vote, so.
I meant that northern Europeans thought they lacked good donuts in northern Europe, if that wasn’t clear.
WELL I BET THE IRISH DOUGHNUTS ARE WORSE.
corona--graminea asked: How are the donuts in Ireland? People in Northern Europe complained that they were not great. This is a silly question haha.
Yeah, the doughnuts in Ireland are beyond terrible - the only decent one I’ve tasted in Europe was in Berlin.
I miss Berlin. They had good doughnuts.
I should not be allowed in a bookstore with a wallet
